%0 Journal Article
%T Lieux, espaces, territoires et identit¨¦s des grecs-orthodoxes du Proche-Orient.
%A Michael F. Davie
%J EspacesTemps.net
%D 2011
%I Association Espaces Temps.net
%X L¡¯article questionnera la pr¨¦tendue place de la religion dans la constitution des lieux, des espaces et des territoires de la communaut¨¦ arabe chr¨¦tienne num¨¦riquement majoritaire du Proche-Orient, les grecs-orthodoxes. En proposant des exemples, l¡¯article montrera la vari¨¦t¨¦ des ¨¦chelles et des enjeux qui permettent ¨¤ un large panel d¡¯acteurs individuels ou institutionnels, pr¨¦sents dans tous les contextes g¨¦ographiques, politiques et sociaux du Proche-Orient, d¡¯inventer une identit¨¦ orthodoxe polymorphe, opportuniste et aux contours flous. S¡¯enchev¨ºtrant avec d¡¯autres, toutes aussi hybrides et flexibles, ces identit¨¦s participent ¨¤ la construction d¡¯espaces qui ne peuvent ¨ºtre qualifi¨¦s de   religieux  , leur bornage et cartographie ¨¦tant irr¨¦alisables, sauf ¨¤ changer de paradigme et de regard sur cette communaut¨¦ et sur les espaces des diff¨¦rents ¨¦tats du Proche-Orient. The article will critically examine the alleged role of religion in the making of the Greek-Orthodox place, space and territories of the numerically most important Christian Arab community in the Middle East. Through various examples, it will illustrate the variety of scales and stakes which have given the opportunity to a wide range of individuals and institutions present in all the geographical, political, and social contexts of the Middle East to invent a many-facetted, opportunistic and loosely-defined Orthodox identity. The latter intermingles with many others, all just as hybrid and flexible, who all together contribute to the construction of spaces which cannot be construed as being   religious  . As these spaces can neither be bounded nor mapped, a paradigmatic shift is required as well as different outlooks on both this community and the different spaces of the Middle Eastern states.
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